Patents by Inventor Aya Tanabe

Aya Tanabe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10503169
    Abstract: A travel working machine includes: an automatic travel control unit 61 configured to implement automatic travel based on automatic travel information necessary for automatic travel; a manual travel control unit 52 configured to implement manual travel based on an operation signal from a manual travel operating unit 9; a machine body status detecting unit 51 configured to output machine body status information indicating a machine body status based on the operation signal and a detection signal received from a status detecting device 8; and an automatic travel management section 7 configured to determine forbiddance of automatic travel by the automatic travel control unit 61 and permission of the automatic travel based on the machine body status information, and output a control command in automatic travel forbiddance, for deciding control of the machine body after a command to forbid the automatic travel has been issued, based on the machine body status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya Takase, Tetsuya Nakajima, Aya Tanabe, Shigeki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180299894
    Abstract: A travel working machine includes: an automatic travel control unit 61 configured to implement automatic travel based on automatic travel information necessary for automatic travel; a manual travel control unit 52 configured to implement manual travel based on an operation signal from a manual travel operating unit 9; a machine body status detecting unit 51 configured to output machine body status information indicating a machine body status based on the operation signal and a detection signal received from a status detecting device 8; and an automatic travel management section 7 configured to determine forbiddance of automatic travel by the automatic travel control unit 61 and permission of the automatic travel based on the machine body status information, and output a control command in automatic travel forbiddance, for deciding control of the machine body after a command to forbid the automatic travel has been issued, based on the machine body status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Shunya Takase, Tetsuya Nakajima, Aya Tanabe, Shigeki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9870654
    Abstract: A work device that performs work using a work unit while traveling, or a management system in which the work device is incorporated includes: a travel information generation unit that, over time, generates travel information indicating a travel state; a work information generation unit that, over time, generates work information indicating a work state for the work unit; a travel evaluation unit that, based on the travel information and the work information, divides the traveling of the work device into non-work traveling and actual work traveling; and a data visualization unit that generates visual data according to which the result of the division performed by the travel evaluation unit is made visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Aya Tanabe, Kazuhiro Takahara, Kazunori Matsufuji, Hirotsugu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20170200332
    Abstract: A work device that performs work using a work unit while traveling, or a management system in which the work device is incorporated includes: a travel information generation unit that, over time, generates travel information indicating a travel state; a work information generation unit that, over time, generates work information indicating a work state for the work unit; a travel evaluation unit that, based on the travel information and the work information, divides the traveling of the work device into non-work traveling and actual work traveling; and a data visualization unit that generates visual data according to which the result of the division performed by the travel evaluation unit is made visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Aya Tanabe, Kazuhiro Takahara, Kazunori Matsufuji, Hirotsugu Inoue
  • Patent number: 9639998
    Abstract: A work device that performs work using a work unit while traveling, or a management system in which the work device is incorporated includes: a travel information generation unit that, over time, generates travel information indicating a travel state; a work information generation unit that, over time, generates work information indicating a work state for the work unit; a travel evaluation unit that, based on the travel information and the work information, divides the traveling of the work device into non-work traveling and actual work traveling; and a data visualization unit that generates visual data according to which the result of the division performed by the travel evaluation unit is made visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Aya Tanabe, Kazuhiro Takahara, Kazunori Matsufuji, Hirotsugu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150243114
    Abstract: A work device that performs work using a work unit while traveling, or a management system in which the work device is incorporated includes: a travel information generation unit that, over time, generates travel information indicating a travel state; a work information generation unit that, over time, generates work information indicating a work state for the work unit; a travel evaluation unit that, based on the travel information and the work information, divides the traveling of the work device into non-work traveling and actual work traveling; and a data visualization unit that generates visual data according to which the result of the division performed by the travel evaluation unit is made visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Aya Tanabe, Kazuhiro Takahara, Kazunori Matsufuji, Hirotsugu Inoue